Victor O. Schinnerer & Co., based in Chevy Chase, Md., has a new kidnap and ransom program for houses of worship.

A California man who orchestrated a $64 million Ponzi scheme promising huge returns to investors through a bond-trading program and life insurance pool to aid local churches will spend the next 300 months in a federal prison.

The former head of a Virginia Beach, Va., church will serve 10 months in jail for stealing from both his congregation and its insurance company.

Kenneth Leigh Montgomery, 49, of Norfolk, …  Read →